We are living in strange times. America, once the most powerful country in the world is beginning to see its dominance challenged. Poverty is rampant. The number of unemployed is growing each day. We live in a world full of deception and evil. This blog is dedicated to exposing the truth. Check out the articles.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The topic of body piercing and tattooing has gotten more
popular in the last couple decades. Body piercing and getting tattoos are now
trends that many young people are interested in. Lip rings, nose rings,
bellybutton rings, gauges (for ears), tattoos, and such are in high demand among
the youth but why are these so popular today? And, where did these practices
originate?

Body piercing and getting tattoos are not new by any means.
They have been around for thousands of years and were practiced by pagan cultures
around the world. The Bible speaks of such practices during the days of Moses.

God told the Children of Israel (Hebrews) not to follow after
the pagan practices of the people who would surround their small country. They
were to be separate from the pagans because God wanted a pure and holy people
for Himself.

In
Leviticus 19:28, God says through Moses: “Ye shall not make any cuttings in
your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.”

What is this practice of cutting the flesh for the dead and
what

did it signify?

Alexander Hislop, a historian, wrote this in his book, The Two Babylons (pg. 129): “Osiris was
cut in pieces; therefore, to imitate his fate, so far as living men might do
so, they were required to cut and wound their own bodies.” Hislop explained in
the same book how Osiris was a god borrowed from the Assyrian / Babylonian god Nimrod
(or Baal) (of Genesis 10) who was killed and his body was cut up into pieces (The Two Babylons, pp. 56-58). These
pieces were sent to various places as a warning to those who served Nimrod and
his idolatrous system.

(Click image to enlarge.)

After Nimrod was killed, his followers worshiped him as a god
who was cut to pieces. To mourn his death and mutilation, they would cut bald
patches in their hair, pierce themselves in various places, and cut themselves
with sharp knives. They also printed marks in their skin (i.e. tattoos).

Herodotus wrote: "I have before related in what manner
the rites of Isis are celebrated at Busiris. After the ceremonies of sacrifice
the whole assembly [...] flagellate [or
whip] themselves[...] The Carians of Egypt treat themselves at this
solemnity with unparalleled severity; they cut themselves in the face with
swords, and by this distinguish themselves from the Egyptian natives."
(Herodotus, Volume 1.)

Hislop wrote of this practice of cutting the flesh and how it
was practiced by Hindus, Romans, Egyptians, and others (The Two Babylons, pg.
129).

Besides cutting themselves with swords and whips, ancient
people purposely mutilated their hair and beards for the same reason.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

The Testimony of Richmond Gyimah: His Encounter with Heaven and Hell (Out of Body Experience)(Feel free to copy this article and share it. But, please don't modify it if you do.)

Richmond Gyimah was sick. A persistent, very rare, intestinal problem he had since a child was only getting worse. In 2008, he went to have it checked out, but the doctors said there was nothing wrong with him. A year later, his intestinal pain was getting almost unbearable, and in 2009, at the age of 23, Richmond was admitted to Korle Bu Hospital, a prominent hospital in Ghana (in Western Africa). There, at the Korle Bu Hospital, his condition worsened. The surgery had to be delayed. On March 9, 2009, when he finally could have surgery, a doctor told him that everyone his age who got that surgery did not survive. He wanted to get the surgery anyway because he was in extreme pain. During the operation, his spirit left his body and was taken to Heaven. What Richmond experiences there will open your eyes. This is based on the video series posted up on YouTube by Kay Boachie on Dec. 15, 2011. This series is in English, translated from its original language. (Click here to watch it on YouTube.) Kay translated (into English) Richmond’s original testimony which was posted on YouTube by “kobina ofosu” on June 19, 2011. I have tried my best to be as accurate as possible to Kay’s translation, but I am not perfect (see Works Cited at the end). Thank you for reading.(Click here. You can read the full version which includes his time prior to surgery.)

The Testimony of Richmond Gyimah: His Encounter with Heaven and Hell

(1) The Surgery

Intense pain pierced through his chest, most intense at his
heart, and Richmond screamed. He had been through three hours of surgery (at the
Korle Bu Hospital) after being given anesthetics, but pain had suddenly shot
through his heart. The words of the surgeon just prior to the surgery echoed
through his mind: “…no one with this kind of condition at your age has ever
survived this kind of surgery.”

Richmond felt he had no choice. The pain in his abdomen had
only been getting worse and while he was at the hospital, it grew in intensity.
He knew he could very well die, but he was willing to take that risk because
the pain from a rare intestinal condition had been with him since his early twenties. Besides this, Richmond told the doctor that he is a Christian and said he has his faith and hope in God, not in statistics.Now, three hours into the surgery, Richmond screamed in pain. The pain in his heart was like a sharp sword and he could not hold on any longer. Suddenly, he blacked out. The last thing he remembered on Earth was screaming in pain.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Richmond Gyimah was sick. A persistent, very rare, intestinal problem he had since a child was only getting worse. By the time he was 19, he went to have it checked out, but the doctors said there was nothing wrong with him. A few years later, his intestinal pain was getting almost unbearable, and in 2009, at the age of 23, Richmond was admitted to Korle Bu Hospital, a prominent hospital in Ghana (in Western Africa). There, at the Korle Bu Hospital, his condition worsened.

The surgery had to be delayed. When he finally could have surgery, a
doctor told him that everyone his age who got that surgery did not survive. He
wanted to get the surgery anyway because he was in extreme pain. During the
surgery, his spirit left his body and was taken to Heaven. What Richmond
experiences there will open your eyes. (See Joel 2:28.)

This is based on the video
series posted up on YouTube by Kay Boachie
on Dec. 15, 2011. Kay translated Richmond’s original testimony
which was posted on YouTube by “kobina ofosu” on June 19, 2011. I have tried my
best to be as accurate as possible to Kay’s translation, but I am not perfect
(see Works Cited at the end). Thank you for reading. [I will be posting up a condensed version soon.]

(Feel free to copy this article and share it. But, please don't modify it if you do.)

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(1) The Critical Condition

Richmond Gyimah (who was 23 in 2009) was born in Ghana. In
2009, Richmond was sick and admitted to a hospital and placed in a surgical
ward, ward 5. He went into surgery on March 9, 2009.

Richmond’s grandmother had told him that his stomach ached a
lot when he as a kid. He had persistent stomach pain since then. In 2008,
Richmond went to a hospital to diagnose his stomach problem which had only
gotten worse. When he told them his condition, the doctors had laughed and said
there was no problem. He left that hospital and went to the Korle Bu Hospital. At Korle Bu, they did tests and found that some of the cells in
his large intestine were dead even since he was young.

When he was 19 (and during his early twenties), he was
constipated, and at times could not go to the bathroom. The doctors at Korle Bu Hospital
confirmed that what he said was true after doing some tests.

In 2009, Richmond found himself in the emergency ward of the
Korle Bu Hospital with IV drips. Later, his grandmother told Richmond that someone
had found him lying on the floor, weak and unable to move. They had rushed
Richmond to the Hospital emergency ward.

There is a place deep in the heart of the Earth, in a
spiritual realm. It is a place many have heard of and few truly understand. It
is a place full of darkness, suffering, and horror unimaginable. It is a place
that you will never want to visit, not even once. And yet, according to the
Bible (God’s Holy Word), it is a place many will spend an eternity in.

Hell has inspired people for generations to come up with
fanciful ideas about what it is like. Some have imagined a place where sins are
burned up and “cleansed.” Others have imagined a place where people can “party”
with their friends and do whatever their flesh wants to do. Both beliefs are
false and contradict the Bible. Sins can only be cleansed by the blood of Jesus
Christ and Hell is certainly not a place to “party” with one’s friends.

The psalmist writes this in Psalm 88:

Psalm 88:3-8

3 For my soul is full of troubles:
and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

4 I am counted with them that go
down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

5 Free among the dead, like the
slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut
off from thy hand.

This writer, likely King David, had been going through a lot
of anguish and difficulty. He had been pursued by his enemies who sought to
kill him. In Psalm 88, the psalmist describes what Hell is like. We learn that
people in Hell (the pit) have “no strength” (vs. 4). People in Hell are in
darkness and are separated from their acquaintances and friends (vs. 8 and vs.
18). They are certainly not partying with them.

Hell is a Place of Torment

Hell is a place of torment, both physical, and emotional,
and spiritual. The emotional
torment of Hell is described in Proverbs 5. In this section we read about a
foolish man who committed adultery and fornication with a strange woman (a
harlot).

Proverbs 5:3-5 (bold / underline added)

3 For the lips of a strange woman
drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

4 But her end is bitter as
wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Proverbs 5:8-13

8 Remove thy way far from her, and
come not nigh the door of her house:

10 Lest strangers be filled with
thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

11 And thoumourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy
body are consumed,

12 And say, How have I hated
instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

13 And have not obeyed the voice of
my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

This man in Hell is mourning over the fact that he didn’t
listen to his teachers or anyone who instructed him. Instead, he went after
harlots and now experiences anguish in Hell in addition to the pain of his flesh
and his body being consumed. Though his flesh and his body are being consumed,
he does not cease to exist. The Bible, in 2 Thessalonians 1, shows that…

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 (bold / underline added)

7 And to you who are troubled rest
with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels,

8 In flaming fire taking vengeance
on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ:

9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the
presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

10 When he shall come to be
glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because
our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

Hell is Eternal

Destruction is not until the person ceases to exist.
Destruction in Hell is everlasting (vs.
9). And, it involves being separated “from
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power” (vs.9). But,
they shall be “tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb”
(Revelation 14:10). God is omnipresent (everywhere at once) and His angels are allowed to look at Hell, but God has cut Himself off from the people in Hell.

Revelation 14 also reveals that the torment in Hell (or the
lake of fire) is eternal.

9 And the third angel followed
them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and
receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

10 The same shall drink of the wine
of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his
indignation; and he shall be tormented
withfire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and
in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever:
and they have no rest day nor night,
who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his
name.

Notice the words in verse 11: “they have no rest day nor night”? Anyone who taught that
Hell is temporary until the body is burned up does not understand the scripture,
or is lying. Hell is eternal and the hellfire is eternal. “And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever…”
(vs. 11).

This torment, as we mentioned earlier is both physical, and emotional, and spiritual. The man who did not
repent from fornication and adultery was in agony physically as he flesh and body were consumed by eternal
fire (see Proverbs 5:11). This soul was also in emotional agony as he
remembered that he had not listened to people (i.e. his teachers) who had warned
him about the consequences of sin. He said…

Proverbs 5:12-13 (bold / underline added)

12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined
mine ear to them that instructed me!

He wishes now that he had listened to his teachers and others
who had warned him about Hell and sin. But, it is too late for him now.

Hell is Spiritual Separation from God and People in Hell are Fully Conscious.

Besides being physical and emotional torment, Hell is
spiritual torment in that the human spirit-soul that God created to exist
forever is separated from God (who is the source of life and joy and peace and true
love) not for a thousand years, not for a million years, but forever.

(Click picture to enlarge.)

Jesus Christ warned His own disciples about Hell.

Mark 9:42-44 (bold / underline added)

42 And whosoever shall offend one
of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone
were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut
it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands
to go into hell, into the fire that
never shall be quenched:

44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Jesus was not teaching that men should cut off their hands to
stay away from Hell as much as He was teaching that anything that offends (or
leads one into sin) must be removed from a person’s life to keep that person
from Hell. Sin is very deceptive and it does lead people “…into hell, into the
fire that never shall be quenched: [44] Where their worm dieth not, and the
fire is not quenched.”(Mark 9:43-44).

Monday, October 6, 2014

In part one we looked at how the "Indian Wars" saw the removal of Native Americans from their land; we saw how "abortion" has taken the lives of over 55 million innocent babies; and we saw how Harry Potter, which was endorsed by Christians, is really witchcraft (as an example of witchcraft sneaking into Churches). Now we will look at some more reasons why God shall judge America.

The Downfall of America and the Reasons Why It Shall Collapse -- PART TWO

(A Buddhist monk is meditating.
Eastern meditation has crept into the "Church".Click for source.)

Harry Potter is just one example of how the occult and witchcraft have crept into the Church to lead astray children and their parents. Eastern meditation has been given the name “contemplative prayer” or “centering prayer” or “breath prayers” by evangelical “Christians” and is becoming popular in many American churches. As one example, Rick Warren encourages people, in his book The Purpose Driven Life, to repeat phrases over and over in a mantra similar to prayers used by Zen Buddhism and Hindu yoga (h) (See Works Cited at the end).

Brian McLaren, a leader in the emerging church movement, has endorsed heretical books by people such as Tony Campolo (Speaking My Mind) and Dave Fleming (The Seeker's Way). These authors believe that Christianity is too limited and needs to be joined with other religions (h).

(Tony Campolo [right] with Bill Clinton [center].
Campolo was an advisor to Clinton. Click for source.)

Campolo writes: “Beyond these models of reconciliation, a theology of mysticism provides some hope for common ground between Christianity and Islam." (Tony Campolo. Speaking My Mind, pg. 149.) (i)

Campolo told Charlie Rose: “I’m not convinced that Jesus only lives in Christians.” (Tony Campolo. Charlie Rose show on January 24, 1997.) (i)

Tony Campolo believes that other religions have “Jesus” in them somehow.

The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation…

John 14:6

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

Acts 4:12 (bold / underline added)

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

1 Timothy 2:5

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”

(33 percent of the "Christian" teens surveyed in a 2010
survey believe that Jesus Christ is not the only way.)

Please notice again that the Bible says, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12). Only by the name of Jesus Christ can people be saved. Buddha, Muḥammad, Hinduism, Mormonism, etc. do not have the way of salvation. Their gods are not the true Jesus Christ of the Bible. Only by the true Jesus Christ is there salvation.

By denying that Jesus Christ is only in true Christianity (found in the Bible), Campolo and other false teachers are teaching false doctrines, denying Jesus Christ, teaching a false, new-age “christ.”

Is it any wonder, then, that 33 percent of the “Christian” teens surveyed in a 2010 survey (at Reach Workcamps ministry sites across the country) believe that Jesus, Buddha, Islam, and other religions all lead to heaven? According to Mike Nappa, who was responsible for the survey, the kids were “cream of the crop” coming from Christian homes (j). Christian parents and pastors are not doing their job and the kids themselves are buying into the lies promoted at schools and by false teachers.

The moral foundation of America has been eroded severely, so much so that many “Christian” denominations have either embraced sodomy as acceptable or have warmed up to the idea that sodomy is not so bad. Some even have homosexual “pastors”. The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted, last June, to allow gay people to be “ordained” and for Presbyterian pastors to conduct gay ceremonies (k). They redefined “marriage” as a union of “two people” (k).

Many other denominations have warmed up to the belief that being gay is not against the Bible. But, what does God’s Word actually say about “homosexuality”?

Romans 1:24-27

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

This is not very popular, but it is the truth. 1 Corinthians 6 speaks about sodomy and other sins…

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

(America is full of idolatry so much so that
a famous TV show is called American Idol. Source.)

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Idolatry is mentioned in this list. America is full of idolatry so much so that a famous TV show is called American Idol. Idolatry is defined by God as: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3).

America, once the land of the free and home of the brave, is no longer so free, nor so brave. What had once thrived as a superpower is now declining economically, militarily, and spiritually. It had welcomed the poor and hungry and had been a beacon of hope to the masses of poor immigrants that came to its door.

Today, America has changed. It is... (Read more below.)

The
Downfall of America and the Reasons Why It Shall Collapse

America, once the land of the free and home of the brave, is
no longer so free, nor so brave. What had once thrived as a superpower is now
declining economically, militarily, and spiritually. It had welcomed the poor
and hungry and had been a beacon of hope to the masses of poor immigrants that
came to its door.

Today, America has changed. It is no longer the powerful
nation it had once been. It is in debt trillions of dollars, borrowed from
countries such as China. Instead of being a beacon of hope, it has become very
dark and full of great spiritual depravity. You may know America is getting
darker, but for the sake of exposing the truth, we will look at how dark
America really is getting. We will see how such a nation cannot endure much
longer, having had the spiritual knowledge it once had.

America and the 19th Century

(Sioux in traditional dress)

As America expanded westward, it met resistance from the
original inhabitants of America, the Native Americans. Did America work with
them and settle in land the Native Americans willingly give them? Did they buy
the land from the Natives? The Federal Government forcibly moved Native
Americans from their own land and put them on reservations where they were
often bordering enemy tribes. Some of
the Native American tribes were given land that was arid and bad for planting.

Under of Dawes Act of 1887, Native American tribal land was
taken away from the tribes and much of it given to settlers. Land was then
allotted to individual “Indians.” While it was meant to help prepare the Native
Americans for citizenship, it took away their hunting rights and reduced their
reservation land. The best land was often given to white settlers (a) (See Works Cited). This is identical to stealing. America had broken one of the Ten
Commandments in its treatment of the Indians: “Thou shalt not steal.” (Exodus
20:15).

(Hotchkiss 42 mm gun)

They also broke the sixth commandment: “Thou shalt not kill.”
(Exodus 20:13). During the “Wounded Knee Massacre” a single gunshot sparked a
blood bath that resulted in Native American men, women, and children being
murdered. The tensions between the U.S. Army of 1890 and the Sioux tribe came
to a head at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The Sioux tribe had
been fighting the U.S. Army for decades, on and off, and tensions were high.
When some members of the 7th cavalry came to confiscate weapons in
an Indian encampment under the leadership of a Sioux called “Big Foot”. They
had misunderstood Big Foot’s intentions and thought he was a threat. The camp
was surrounded by Hotchkiss guns and 500 soldiers (b).

One of the Indians, Black Coyote, refused to give up his
rife. Soldiers began roughing him up and insisting that he give up the gun.
Somewhere a shot rang out. The Hotchkiss guns began firing, and in the chaos,
many innocent children, women, and men were murdered. This would mark the end
of the “Indian Wars” and the further decline of the Native Americans’ way of
life (b).

Today, killing is legalized. How so, one may ask? When the
human life has been redefined so that a baby is called a “fetus” and so that
killing that innocent baby is termed “abortion”, this breaking of God’s law is
rationalized as simply getting rid of something unwanted.

Since abortion was legalized in 1973, there have been over 55
million abortions in the United States (c). Each year approximately
1.2 to 1.3 million babies are killed by abortion (Foust). That number is roughly equal to the 1.2
million U.S. soldiers that have died since the American Revolutionary War
(including all the wars up to the recent Iraq War) (d).

The process of abortion is very gruesome and bloody and the
child has to suffer great pain. It is absolutely horrible and yet it is
accepted as being normal and okay. A society that doesn’t think much of human
life cannot last long.

Because the Ten Commandments are a thought of as a threat to
society, they have been removed from many courthouses, city halls, and public
places. In August this year (2014), a judge in New Mexico ruled that the Ten
Commandments display at the Bloomfield City Hall must be removed (e).

While the Ten Commandments are being removed, a statue to
honor Satan is currently being constructed to be placed at the Oklahoma State
House beside a donated Ten Commandments monument. While a legal battle is being
fought, it is very clear that the worship of the devil is becoming more
popular. This is only a sign that evil is becoming more blatant.

If one only looks at the movies and TV shows designed for
kids one can see the influence of witchcraft and the occult. Harry Potter, a
best-selling series that became a highly-popular Hollywood franchise, has been
endorsed by “Christians.”

'But the literary witchcraft of the
Harry Potter series has almost no resemblance to the I-am-God mumbo jumbo of
Wiccan circles. Author J.K. Rowling has created a world with real good and
evil, and Harry is definitely on the side of light fighting the "dark
powers."

'Third, and this is why we recommend
the books, Rowling's series is a Book of Virtues with a preadolescent funny
bone. Amid the laugh-out-loud scenes are wonderful examples of compassion,
loyalty, courage, friendship, and even self-sacrifice. No wonder young readers
want to be like these believable characters. That is a Christmas present we can
be grateful for.'

The late David J. Meyer, a former witch who left witchcraft
to become a follower of Jesus Christ, wrote that “Harry Potter books are
training manuals for the occult.” (g). Meyer explains (g):

'Harry also learns a new vocabulary,
including words such as "Azkaban", "Circe",
"Draco", "Erised", "Hermes", and
"Slytherin"; all of which are names of real devils or demons. These
are not characters of fiction!

'How serious is this? By reading
these materials, many millions of young people are learning how to work with
demon spirits. They are getting to know them by name. Vast numbers of children
professing to be Christians are also filling their hearts and minds, while
willingly ignorant parents look the other way.'

Eastern Meditation and Deception and Heresy in the “Church”

Harry Potter is just one example of how the occult and witchcraft have crept into the Church to lead astray children and their parents. Eastern meditation has been given the name “contemplative prayer” or “centering prayer” or “breath prayers” by evangelical “Christians” and is becoming popular in many American churches. As one... (CLICK to READ PART TWO.)

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Almost 240 years (238 exactly) have passed since the signing
of The Declaration of Independence during America’s war for independence from
the British Empire. Since that time, America has gone through a number of wars,
industrial and economic growth, and has spread its hegemony of power over the
globe.

Its power was greatest after the Second World War, after
Europe had been devastated by six years of war. America had drawn its power
from its war effort and citizenry to defeat Nazi Germany and the Empire of
Japan. Both tasks were tremendous, but of course were the result of cooperation
with America’s Allies.

After WW2, America entered a period of great economic
prosperity which lasted for a few decades. America was exporting more than it
was importing. The housing market was booming as American soldiers returned
home from the war and had large families.

As people began buying things and enjoying life they gradually
became more and more hedonistic, believing that there were no moral absolutes.
If people evolved from apes, why should people have to follow the Ten
Commandments?

The 1970s and the Vietnam War brought drugs into popular
demand. During this period it became more acceptable for a man and woman to
live together without getting married. Consequently, abortion was seen as a
necessity to get rid of that unwanted baby.

With the Supreme Court decision, Roe V. Wade, making abortion
legal, precious infants were treated as if they were something that could be
thrown away. Life was considered to be a burden and society determined that it
would remove this burden even if it had to break the Ten Commandments, namely:
Thou shalt not kill.

With this abomination legalized, the descent away from God
and the depravity of man became more blatant and strong. Prayer had been
removed from schools, God has been ignored, and the Ten Commandments have been
torn down from courthouses. It was not that way hundreds of years ago.

Little by little, America, over the past several decades, had
been sinking into the dark water of hedonism, rebellion against God, and depravity,
like ancient Rome or ancient Greece.

Will Durant, an American historian, wrote of Rome’s moral
decay in his book The Story of
Civilization: Caesar and Christ (pp 89-90):

“Women won the free administration
of their dowries, divorced their husbands or occasionally poisoned them, and
doubted the wisdom of bearing children in an age of urban congestion and
imperialistic wars. […] Men became brave by proxy; they crowded the
amphitheater to see bloody games and hired gladiators to fight before them at
their banquets.” (b, see Works Cited)

Women in the Roman Empire were divorcing their husbands and
sometimes killing them. The people of Rome had a desire to be entertained with
killing and violence. Is this not similar to our present time? Violent and
immoral video games, movies, and TV shows have been streaming images of death
and destruction and rape into kids, teens, and adults for a few decades.

CALIFORNIA FIRES --- PRAYER NEEDED FOR CALIFORNIA and the UNITED STATES

Over 191,000 acres have burned across California. The official death total is 31 (as of Oct. 12, 2017). At least 3,500 homes and other buildings have been burned down. Entire neighborhoods were burned to the ground, including schools, houses, businesses, valuables, and cars.

And, brothers and sisters in Christ, these people in California need our prayers, and they need to turn to Jesus for salvation. (Let's remember also the people in Puerto Rico, Mexico, South Sudan, and flood victims in Asia.)

HURRICANE IRMA, THE MEXICAN 8.1 EARTHQUAKE, AND THE SOUTH ASIAN FLOODS

Prayer is needed for the suffering people in Florida, Mexico, Cuba, Texas, India, the Caribbean, and in other regions who lost loved ones, homes, possessions, and livelihoods.

These are signs of the times in which we live, too. God is preparing people for the tribulation which is coming in the near future. Jesus Christ spoke of catastrophic events in the book of Matthew 24. We are starting to see the beginning of them.

Now is a time to seek God and repent from sin He convicts us about. It is a time to get to know God as our Abba Father and best Friend. If we are not saved, or if we have not made Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord, now is the time to do it. Tomorrow may be to late for some.

Jesus Christ said: "... and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." (John 6:37.)

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